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7W, NELsON. ATTAGHMENTPOR STRAPS.

No. 414,916. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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WALTON NELSON, or WHEELING, WEST vIRcINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFREDERICK W. 'BAUMEROF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,916, dated November12, 1889.

. Application filed April 16, 1889- $erial No. 307,410. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WALTON NELSON, of

Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of est Virginia, have inventeda new and Improved Strap Attachment, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drztwingsfiorming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isan enlarged plan View of the same. Fig. 8 is an enlarged i11- vertedplan view of the same, and Fig. a is an enlarged side elevation of thesame.

c The improved strap attachment Ais mounted to slide on the strap B,supportingasatchel O or other article. The attachment A is provided witha sheet-metal strip D, having on its ends upwardly-turned flanges E,forming 3 5 a guideway for the passage of the strap B. On

the under side of the sheet-metal strip D is held a strip F of flexiblematerial, such as rubber. The flexible strip F is held in place on themetal strip D by lugs G, formed on the 40 ends of the metal strip D andbent over the ends of the flexible strip F, as is plainly shown in Figs.3 and 4. The lugs G prevent endwise motion of the flexible strip F, andin order to prevent sidewise motion of the latter 5 the metallic strip Dis provided in its middle with lugs H, bent over the under side of theflexible strip F, as is plainly shown in Figs. 3

and 4. The flexible strip F is also securely locked in place by rivetsJ, passing through the lugs G and the said strip F. The flexible 5ostrip F is thus securely held in place on the under side of the metallicstrip D, and as the latter is made of thin sheet metal it can easily bebent to conform to the shape of the shoulder or other part on which thestrap is to be carried. The flexible strip F maybe smooth on its underside; but I prefer to make said flexible strip F with a roughenedsurface I, as illustrated in the drawings.

The device is attached to the strap B by passing the latter through theflanges E on top of the metal strip D.

WVhen the operator desires to carry the strap on his shoulder, theattachment is placed on the bent part of the strap, as illustrated inFig. 1, so that when the strap is hung over the shoulder the flexiblestrip F rests on the shoulder and bends to the shape of the same.

Thus it will be seen that the weight of the satchel or other articlesupported by the strap is equally distributed over the shoulder partcovered by the attachment, and at the same time the strap is held inplace by the roughened surface, permitting a sliding motion of the strapin case the satchel or other article is shifted. It will further be seenthat the V attachment always remains in place on the shoulder, andconsequently prevents the wear of the dress, which so frequently occurswhen carrying the ordinary strap over the shoulder.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture, a strapattachment comprising an attaching strip having a flexible strip on itsunder face, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a strap attachment comprising anattaching strip having strap-receiving guides on its upper side and aflexible strip 011 its lower face, substantially as set forth.

3. An attachment for straps, comprising a strip of sheet metal,clamping-lugs formed on the under side of the said strip of sheet metal,5 guides formed on top of the said strip of sheet metal and adapted toreceive the strap, and a strip of flexible material held on the underside of the said metallic strip by the said clamping-lugs, substantiallyas shown and described.

4.The combination, with a strap, of aflexible strip provided on itsunder side Where ii engages the wearer with a flexible strip to preventit from slipping, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a strap, of a flexible strip 011 the under sidethereof and guides on the upper side of the strip through which. thestrap passes, substantially as set forth.

6. An attachment for straps, consisting in a flexible shoulder strip forthe bend of the strap and strap-engaging guides or loops at the upperside of the strip, substantially as set forth.

7. In a strap attachment, the attachingstrip D, formed of a strip ofsheet metal having its ends formed with attaching-flanges E E andreceiving-flanges G G and receivingfianges II II on its sides betweenits ends, substantially as set forth.

WALTON NELSON. Witnesses:

S. I. SINGLE-TON, ANDREW REHM.

